Chapter 880: A Century-long Plan
Manchester City did not actually take the bus back to Manchester from London.
Although it is only more than 300 kilometers, it takes four or five hours to walk, and all in the middle of the night.
If it were normal times, it wouldn't matter, but the team will be rushing to Dublin to participate in the Europa League final, so the players' rest becomes very important. Not to mention a few hours, even a few minutes are precious.
After the game, the team bus took everyone to the nearby Heathrow Airport, and they boarded a charter flight that the club had already arranged, flying directly back to Manchester from London.
The families of the players and employees, as well as guests invited by the team, flew back to Manchester from London in batches.
They are all going to Dublin with the team.
This can also be considered a benefit for the players' families and club legends.
As long as the team performs well, no one will care about this. After all, winning a championship is more important than anything else.
Professional teams compete for influence, or fame, which needs to be solidified by results.
No matter how famous you are, it will be in vain if you are beaten by your opponents on the court.
This is especially true for a newly emerging team like Manchester City.
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On the night of arriving in Manchester, the team did not disband, but instead moved directly into the hotel that had been booked in advance.
The next morning, the team gathered at Carrington for recovery training.
Carrying out recovery training the day after the game is a schedule that all teams that train scientifically will adopt, and Guardiola takes it even more seriously. He will assign different training programs to each player in the recovery training based on their physical condition.
It can be said that recovering well is the basis for playing well in the next game.
This is where strength and conditioning coach Lorenzo Buenaventura comes in handy.
Before training, Su Dong's personal coaching team Nuno Cruz and Grant Downing will communicate and coordinate with Guardiola's coaching team, exchange ideas, and jointly develop Su Dong's recovery training.
Everyone is used to this and doesn't think Su Dong is being arrogant or seeking special treatment.
After all, they often sought advice from Su Dong when they encountered problems in their daily lives.
More importantly, Su Dong's fighting effectiveness is there, and the value of his team is beyond doubt, especially Su Dong's attendance rate. This is the best proof, and nothing is more convincing than this.
Guardiola also said that he welcomes other players to hire high-level private coaches like Su Dong, but the problem is, high-level private coaches are so expensive, can they be afforded?
After the training, the first team held a brief meeting, mainly to explain some precautions.
Guardiola decided to give the team a half-day holiday so that everyone can adjust their body and mind and spend time with their families.
As the captain, Su Dong decided to stay even though everyone else had left.
Mainly about some things to do before going to Dublin.
According to convention, the FA Cup does not need to be attended, but for participating in the Europa League final, which is considered a heavyweight European final, the club usually invites some players to attend.
Needless to say, those players of the first team who are not included in the roster will definitely travel with the team. There are also some outstanding players from the youth team who will all be invited to participate. Those who are younger may need to arrange for their family members to accompany them.
Some are players on loan.
Like other Premier League teams, Manchester City actually has quite a few youth team players on loan, but most of them play in lower-level leagues. If it weren't for Guardiola's promotion, young players like Trippier should actually be loaned out.
And now, there are two more young players, De Bruyne and Courtois from Genk, Belgium.
Inviting players on loan or who are interested to participate in the final is actually a method often used in the transfer market. It is mainly to cultivate the players' sense of identification with the club. As for winning or losing the game, this is actually a difficult thing to say.
As the captain of the team, Su Dong should come forward at this time to receive these players and build good relationships with them.
After all, they may stay in Manchester City at any time and become teammates in the locker room.
What Su Dong held in his hand was the list of players invited by the club to watch the final.
In addition to De Bruyne and Courtois of Genk in Belgium, those who attracted the attention of the Soviet Union and the East were Douglas Costa of Shakhtar Donetsk, Eden Hazard of Lille in Ligue 1, and winger Reus of Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.
In addition, Lukaku's agent politely declined Manchester City's invitation. The talented Belgian center forward, who is also valued by Manchester United and Chelsea, obviously does not want to have too much contact with Manchester City to avoid misunderstandings.
From this list, Su Dong saw the results of Manchester City’s transfer department’s operations over the past few months.
It is a "secret" known to the whole world that Manchester City wants to sign wingers, and this time they invited three players to attend the Europa League final, and it is obvious that they have all been in contact with them in the past.
There is no need to mention Douglas Costa, a Brazilian genius, which is a golden sign in itself; Lille is the champion of the French Ligue 1 this season, and Eden Hazard is not actually a winger, but a midfielder, but he can play in three positions: left, center and right. Guardiola likes this player very much and thinks he is very similar to Messi of Barcelona.
As for Reus, there is no need to mention him, he is an old acquaintance of Su Dong and the little rocket of the Bundesliga.
"Why was Royce invited to participate?" Su Dong felt very strange.
He is very familiar with Reus and they even have each other's mobile phone numbers. In his memory, Reus is a very loyal Dortmund fan. He once said that he longed to return to Dortmund.
But now he has accepted Manchester City’s invitation. Isn’t this quite contradictory?
Su Dong even suspected that Manchester City offered very high salary?
Estiart came over, looked at the information in Su Dong's hand, smiled and said, "His agent said that he is your fan since the time he was in Red and White Allen."
Su Dong smiled bitterly.
Now, with Royce's popularity rising, the media has hyped up their encounter at the Red and White Allen, but in fact, who could have thought that Royce could become such a talent? Perhaps even Royce himself didn't have the confidence?
Of course, no one would point out such unpleasant words.
Sometimes the world really needs some romance to dilute the coldness and ruthlessness.
Su Dong closed the information in his hand and nodded, "Okay, leave it to me."
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When I walked out of the Carrington training building, I saw the red Audi R8 parked opposite.
When the car window was rolled down, Wang Chuqing's charming smile was revealed.
"The driver is absent from work? Her Majesty the Queen is troubled to come and pick him up in person?" Su Dong asked with a smile after getting in the car.
Wang Chuqing drove away from the training base and took the time to give him a blank look. Her charming appearance made Su Dong salivate.
"My parents and my uncle and aunt are at home discussing our family's long-term plan."
"A hundred-year plan?" Su Dong was stunned.
What the hell?
"Where does our family have any long-term plan?" Su Dong asked in confusion.
Wang Chuqing took the time to glance at him again, "It takes ten years to grow a tree."
Su Dong suddenly realized.
It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate a person.
The so-called century-long plan is actually to study the next generation.
Needless to say, it is to induce labor.
"I say, it seems that we have only obtained the marriage certificate, but haven't held the wedding banquet yet?" Su Dong asked.
According to the traditional customs of his hometown, a marriage is not considered a marriage without a wedding banquet, even if a marriage certificate is obtained.
"My uncle said that as long as we are willing to have the baby, it doesn't matter whether we hold a banquet or not. Who can look down on us just because we don't hold a banquet, right?"
Su Dong was very puzzled.
He vaguely remembered that the old man didn't say this when he was young.
What he said back then was that a person lives his life with his reputation, so he had to take care of it no matter what so that his neighbors would not look down on him.
To put it in my hometown dialect, if you eat someone else's food, you have to give it back.
"When did he become so open-minded?" Su Dong found it very interesting.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand, because the social status is different.
The past is the past, and the present is the present. Many concepts are changing unconsciously, and no one remains unchanged.
"What about your father? You are his only daughter. Would he be willing to give you up?" Su Dong asked.
Wang Chuqing curled her lips helplessly, "My dad said that now is the time to respond to the country's call and refuse extravagance and waste. He is a party member and a leader, so he must set an example and resolutely suppress this bad social atmosphere, so he firmly supports your dad's decision."
Oh shit!
Su Dong was a little dumbfounded.
When did my future father-in-law realize this? Why didn't he know it before?
"Then what do you think we should do?" Su Dong asked with a smile.
Of course he was not worried. Now that the decisive battle was imminent, the elders at home would definitely not bother him with these things. They were mostly just jokes and no one would take them seriously.
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe today are no longer what they were back then.
"They won't bother you, they will only bother me. If I knew what to do, I wouldn't run away." Wang Chuqing said distressedly.
Su Dong laughed, "Or, just tell them that you can't have children."
"How can this be possible?" Wang Chuqing protested immediately.
She takes having children very seriously and cannot joke about it.
"Then just say I can't do it." Su Dong said with a grin.
Wang Chuqing's face immediately turned red. She felt that this bad boy had other intentions towards her, so she stretched out her fist and hit him.
After the two of them quarreled for a while, Su Dong made a decision.
"Don't go home. It's a rare holiday. Let's enjoy our time together and let them stay at home and slowly work on their long-term plan!"
Needless to say, Su Dong's proposal immediately received a response from Wang Chuqing.
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Three hours later, in the courtyard of Sudong Manor in Cheshire, two old men were sitting in the pavilion drinking tea. They would glance at the gate every one or two minutes, but found no movement and were very puzzled.
"Didn't you say you'd be back in a little over an hour? Should I give you a call and ask?"
"Called, turned off the phone."
"Could something have happened?"
"Probably not. She just called her mother and said she had something to do and would be back later."
"Alas, young people nowadays still don't do things in a proper way."
"That's right, they don't know how to think about their own future at all, and we have to worry about them."
"Yes, raising a child for a hundred years means worrying for ninety-nine years."
"Stop talking, drink tea, drink tea."
(End of this chapter)
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